Description

Late 18th century, 2-storey, 3-bay house, part of a domestic corner block at Main Street and Wellwood Terrace. The building is constructed of rubble (painted white) with a central door flanked by paired windows to ground. Upper floor has timber sash and case windows with four-pane glazing. The roof has a slate covering, and coped end chimney stacks. There is an external forestair to the left gable, accessing the upper floor (part of No. 29 High Street, see separate listing).

The coursed rubble stone construction is typical for the building's date. There are also architectural features which are typical of the late 18th century, such as the position and proportions of the upper windows abutting the eaves.

Historical background

Auchencairn is a village situated near the south shore of Dumfries and Galloway. It was established in the 17th century as an agricultural village, with associated fishery and small port at nearby Auchencairn Bay. The village grew around a corn mill and the oldest houses in Auchencairn are those nearest the now demolished corn mill site to the west of the village. No. 31 is part of this group of earlier buildings within the village, retains its domestic use, and its exterior form survives with relatively little change to the principal elevation (2023).

Statement of Interest

The building meets the criteria for listing for the following reasons:

• It is a typical example of a traditional late 18^th century domestic building which survives largely in its original form to the exterior. The building retains 18th century features, such as its window openings and roofline."
• It is a prominent historic building in the Auchencairn streetscape. It forms part of an architecturally and historically significant group of other historic buildings of similar date and type."" "
• Dating to the late 18^th century, it is an early surviving example of its building type.

It has special social historical interest as it illustrates the growing prosperity of the village during the late 18^th and early 19th century.

Listed building record updated in April 2024.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56622654

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)